Description
A heap-use-after-free vulnerability exists in H5T__conv_f_f() in src/H5Tconv.c in HDF5 before 2.3.0. When converting a compound datatype containing floating-point members during a dataset read, a temporary buffer allocated with calloc() is freed and subsequently read from within the same conversion routine. An attacker who can supply a crafted HDF5 file containing a specially constructed compound datatype can trigger the use-after-free when the file is parsed by an application that reads the affected dataset, such as h5dump. This can result in a crash and, depending on heap layout and allocator behavior, may be exploitable for further memory corruption up to remote code execution.
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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000
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| Description | A heap-use-after-free vulnerability exists in H5T__conv_f_f() in src/H5Tconv.c in HDF5 before 2.3.0. When converting a compound datatype containing floating-point members during a dataset read, a temporary buffer allocated with calloc() is freed and subsequently read from within the same conversion routine. An attacker who can supply a crafted HDF5 file containing a specially constructed compound datatype can trigger the use-after-free when the file is parsed by an application that reads the affected dataset, such as h5dump. This can result in a crash and, depending on heap layout and allocator behavior, may be exploitable for further memory corruption up to remote code execution. | |
| Title | Heap Use-After-Free in H5T__conv_f_f | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-416 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: HDFG
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-16T15:58:14.633Z
Reserved: 2026-09-16T15:14:38.985Z
Link: CVE-2026-92627
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CWE-416
Use After Free